Events - National Basketry Organization, Inc.,
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Upcoming Events:
Now thru September 13, 2012
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CraftForms 2012. The 18th international CraftForms juried exhibition is dedicated to
enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary craft, while providing
a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their
functional and sculptural creative endeavors. All work must have been completed within the past two years and may
not have been previously exhibited at the Wayne Art Center. Exhibition Dates: November 30, 2012 – January 26, 2013.
Location: Waynbe Art Center - Wayne, PA
Contact Phone: 610-688-3553
Website URL: www.wayneart.org
Contact Email: info@wayneart.org
Juror: Cindi Strauss
Now thru March 31, 2012
9x9x3: NEW VISIONS will open in the street-level, lobby gallery of 1155 Avenue of the Americas, a 42-story Durst office building in mid-town Manhattan. The Durst Organization has offered space for February-March 2012, with exact opening and closing dates to be determined.
Location: Durst Building - NY, NY
Web: www.tsgny.org
March-April, 2012
FiberPhiladelphia 2012
FiberPhiladelphia is a biennial for fiber/textile art that takes place in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The next FiberPhiladelphia will take place in Spring 2012 at major institutions and independent venues. It will include exhibitions by renowned international artists and a new generation of artists breaking into the field. FiberPhiladelphia is partnering with InLiquid a nonprofit 501(c)(3)-membership organization dedicated to providing opportunities and exposure for visual artists and designers.
Contact : fiberphiladelphia@gmail.com
Location: Crane Arts Building - Philadelphia PA
Web: www.fiberphiladelphia.org
March 2-April 14, 2012
Outside/Inside the Box
Outside/Inside the Box will showcase innovative
fiber/textile art that transcends disciplines; combines
traditional fiber techniques with cutting edge technology
and/or historic concepts with contemporary perspective.
Size, scope, materials and subject matter are open.
Submissions may include surface design, woven and 3d
structures, quilts, stitching, body art, etc.
Contact : fiberphiladelphia@gmail.com
Location: Crane Arts Building - Philadelphia PA
Web: www.fiberphiladelphia.org
April 2, 2012 – September 29, 2012
Baskets with the ‘willow knot’ and ‘found object’
Philip Dickel Basket Museum Gallery - Village of West Amana, IA
Contact Phone: 319-622-3315 day, 319-622-3009 evening
Contact Email: jeschanz@southslope.net
May 3-5, 2012
Lake Country Basket Fest
Location: The Center for Excellence -
Waukesha, WI
Contact Person: Maureen Bartz
Contact Phone: (414) 282-4229
Website:
www.lakecountrybasketguild.com
May 5-August 19, 2012
Crafts National
A juried exhibition of work by artists through their explorations in clay, fiber/textiles, basketry, glass, metal, wood, handmade paper and mixed media. Entries accepted on-line only through
www.callforentry.org.
Location: Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
Contact Person: Cindi Morrison
Contact Phone: 785-670-1124
Website URL:
washburn.edu/mulvane
Contact Email: cindi.morrison@washburn.edu
May 18-20, 2012
Tradition/Innovation: A Fiber Artisans Conference
Fiber Artisans Conference which includes basketry
classes with Kay Harradine and Judy Zugish, as well as classes in other fiber
techniques such as sprang and braiding. Marketplace and galleries open to the
public. Sponsored by Conference of Northern California Handweavers Online registration opens Nov 1, 2011 at www.cnch.org.
Classes in weaving, spinning, basketry, dyeing, sewing, braiding, tablet
weaving.
Location: Oakland Marriott and Convention Center, Oakland, CA
Contact Person: Donna LaVallee
Contact Phone: 415-648-1382
Website URL: www.cnch.org
Contact Email: donna.lavallee@gmail.com
June 10-22, 2012
Basket Workshop with Lissa Hunter
Location: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Deer Isle, ME
Contact Person: Virginia H. B. Aldrich
Contact Phone: 207-348-2306
Website URL: www.haystack-mtn.org
Contact Email: development@haystack-mtn.org
June 14-July 7, 2012
NEW FIBER WORK by Polly Jacobs Giacchina
Featured solo show/Reception June 24 3-5pm
at The Next Door Gallery
2963 Beech Street in San Diego, CA, 9210
Location: The Next Door Gallery
- San Diego, CA
Contact Person: Polly Jacobs Giacchina
Contact Phone: 619-233-6679
Website URL:
www.studiomaureen.com/web/next-door-gallery
Contact Email: pollyjg4@gmail.com
June 19-July 10, 2012
Not Your Mother's Laundry Basket! - The Art of Basketry
This is a basketry class exploring 3-D textile techniques in 4 Sessions
each including a lecture on some aspect of historic or contemporary forms and a new hands-on technique. The contemporary Art Basket movement will be studied in terms of its ancient roots and modern vision. You will look at traditional baskets as simple as the disposable leaf basket used by prehistoric man and as complex as Japanese bamboo baskets for the tea ceremony. We will explore coiling on a paper rush core; plaiting a vessel using paper strips; and hexagonal weave cane plaiting of hanging vase or book rest. You will be surprised with what you can achieve with simple materials and a bit of imagination. $150.00 plus materials fee. There is a $30 materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class.
Location: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University - San Francisco, CA
Contact Person: Barbara Shapiro
Contact Phone: 415-817-4243
Website URL: www.OLLI.SFSU.EDU
Contact Email: boneweavr@aol.com
July 13-20, 2012
Independent Study in Basketry with Jeanette Biederman
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
July 15-21, 2012
HGA’s Convergence® 2012 Long Beach
Exhibits, tours, and classes featuring novice to
advanced instruction in a variety of fiber techniques, including basketry,
weaving, spinning, dyeing, feltmaking, and more!
Location: Long Beach Convention Center - Long Beach, CA
Contact Phone: 678-730-0010
Website URL:
www.weavespindye.org
Contact Email: hga@weavespindye.org
July 22-27, 2012
Hexagonal Weaves - Paper Weaving with Jackie Abrams
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
July 27-29, 2012
Adult/Child Willow Weaving: For the BIrds with Jacki Bedworth
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
July 29-August 1, 2012
Basket Weaving for Beginner with Kay Normann and Drew Tibbetts
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
August 2-5, 2012
Willow Garden Art with Jo Campbell-Amsler
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
September 2-5, 2012
Japanese Hexagonal Weave with Flo Hoppe
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
September 23-27, 2012
Beginning Willow Basketmakng with Jacki Bedworth
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
October 7-11, 2012
Beginning Twill Baskets with Jeanette Biederman
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
October 12-14, 2012
Willow Harvest Weekend Conference
Amana Arts Guild - High Amana, IA
Contact Phone: 319-622-3315 day, 319-622-3009 evening
Contact Email: jeschanz@southslope.net
Website: www.amanaartsguild.com
October 24-28, 2012
Willow Harvest and Weave with Jo Campbell-Amsler
Sievers School of Fiber Arts
- Washington Island, WI
Website URL: www.sieversschool.com
November 30, 2012 – January 26, 2013
CraftForms 2012
The 18th international CraftForms juried exhibition is dedicated to
enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary craft, while
providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to
share their functional and sculptural creative endeavors.
Location: Waynbe Art Center - Wayne, PA
Contact Phone: 610-688-3553
Website URL: www.wayneart.org
Contact Email: info@wayneart.org
Juror: Cindi Strauss
2013:
February 16-17, 2013
Willow Weaving Weekend Conference
Amana Arts Guild - High Amana, IA
Contact Phone: 319-622-3315 day, 319-622-3009 evening
Contact Email: jeschanz@southslope.net
Website: www.amanaartsguild.com
You may be able to find additional basketry events at BasketMakers.org..
Highlights below from the 6th Biennial National Basketry Association Conference "Tradition and Innovation in Basketry VI" - Stonehill, MA (August 2-7, 2011) Click Here to View This Past Event
Highlights below from the 2009 NBO Biennial Conference “Traditions & Innovations V” - Portland, OR (July 28 - August 2, 2009)
Jiro Yonezawa Baskets at Butters Gallery, Portland OR
Opening Reception and Keynote Address:
- “Introduction” by Michael Davis, President NBO & Co-Founder and Helen Meyer, PHD & Co-Founder
- “Pushing The Known” by Marci McDade, Editor, Fiberarts Magazine
- “Basketry Today: Boundaries, Borders & Edges” by Jo Stealey, Professor, University of Missouri
Seminars:
- “Oregon’s Diverse Basketry Traditions” by Margaret Mathewson
- “Bamboo: Plant and Art Form” by Charissa Brock
- “A Spiral Path: The Installations, Sculptural Basketry & Fiber Works” by Lanny Bergner
- “Weaving Together a Past and the Future” by Tina Fung Holder
- “History & Chronology of the Northwest American Basket Weavers Association” by Pat Courtney Gold
- “Developing A Body of Work: Creative Choices” by John Garrett
Bonnie Kahn's Wild West Gallery, Portland OR
Gallery Tour and Art Night:
- Butters Gallery
- Bonnie Kahn Gallery
- Guardino Gallery
- Art Night
- ” Portland Art Museum: View the museum and experience the collection of Native American Baskets
- “Beautiful Usefulness: Native Baskets of the Columbia River Basin” by Mary Schlick, Scholar, Writer
- “Portland: The Ancient Homeland of the Powerful Chinook Nation” by Pat Courtney Gold, Scholar, Artist
Closing Reception with the “Gretchen Miller Band”
Pre-Conference Letter From the NBO President
From Left to right Kathy Olson, Michael Davis, Patti Quinn Hill and Randy Waak with Jiro Yonezawa
Basket, First Piece of the NBO Permanent Collection
"Hopes are high here at the NBO office since we have moved forward with our convention activities. Thanks to all our Traditional, Contemporary and Native American instructors who have agreed to teach at our next Biennial Convention, "Traditions & Innovations V." This year marks a milestone for the National Basketry Organization as we celebrate our ten year anniversary.
Marci McDade, editor of Fiberarts magazine has agreed to be one of our keynote speakers. We are also honored to have Mary Schlick, speaking on Columbia River Baskets and Pat Courtney Gold lecturing on the Chinook history and culture. Ms. Schlick and Ms. Gold are both scholars who will enlighten the conventioneers with local native lore.
Please note that we can only accommodate one hundred and fifty people for this, our first gathering on the West coast, so please send in your monies or deposits early to guarantee your place and a first choice pick on classes. I continue to work on providing local exhibitions, an instructors exhibition is confirmed, as well as another show at the Guardino Gallery in Portland.
Portland is such a beautiful and accessible city with so much to offer. The convention is structured so that everyone can arrive on Tuesday and have Wednesday as a day of discovery. You can use the free city transit and literally see Portland in a day or rent a car, enjoy the city, or venture an hour out of town to discover the Gorge area with it's many spectacular waterfalls. The wine country beckons for those eager to wander in robust vineyards, tasting along the way. There will be an activities packet in your welcome bag when you register at the convention. So join us in Portland as we celebrate basketry and the ten year anniversary of the NBO! "
With warmest regards,
Michael Davis
President/NBO
Summary of Classes Held at "Traditions & Innovations V":
Miniature Bag (1 Day) Corn Husk Pouch (2 Days)* - Kelly Palmer: In this class you will learn to make a traditional corn husk flat basket, used traditionally for storage and trade. This class is for a miniature corn husk pouch/bag used for decoration. You will learn twining and false embroidery. This basket is made of cotton twine or hemp, dried corn husk and rayon raffia, which will be furnished for each participant. Two sessions to finish a corn husk pouch/bag and if time permits, a third session to make a more intricate miniature basket (necklace size). Class size 10 students. $20 supply fee
Baskets, Books & Shrines - Jo Stealey: Learn how to encase a small basket into a book or shrine. Class will focus on techniques to build a structure around a basket and develop pages of a book to tell a story. The book can be part of the incorporated piece or be a companion element. Emphasis will be placed on the construction of a box to encase the basket, secret nooks and sculptural possibilities depict the “story” the basket wants to tell. Develop a personal myth or “story” or that of someone else through this storybook basket. Students at all levels are welcome. Class size 15 students. $20 supply fee
Sticks and Stones: Netting Over Natural Forms - June Kersig-Hinson: The ancient technique of knotless netting or looping is the focus of this workshop. In this form of fiber work, the thread is not pulled against itself forming a hard knot. Rather, the stitches are tensioned, leaving a meshwork of interlocking loops of thread. It does not unravel like knitting or crochet as the thread is drawn entirely through each stitch. Participants will learn the basic techniques by netting over a stone. A demonstration and discussion of methods time will be available for creating individual sculptural forms. Sticks and stones will be provided for the armature, and wires and waxed linen for the netting. This unique, enriching experience is open to all skill levels. Class size 15 students. $50 supply fee
Creating Movement With Form and Color - Herman Guetersloh: Intermediate to advanced level. The focus of the class will be developing a doublewall sculptural basket with emphasis on variation of form, i.e. irregular and/or twisted. In addition, color patterns will be developed to enhance the form. The textural qualities of the basket will be manipulated using a variety of weaving styles. Class size 12 students. $45 supply fee
Recycled Materials/Sculptural Forms - John Garrett: This experimental workshop will explore using fiber construction methods to make forms from scrap/recycled/collected materials. Two major approaches will be presented. We will ply materials together with wire to create unique linear elements which can be woven on themselves or made into armatures. Secondly, we will explore using hardware cloth as an armature for other materials. We will also see how this versatile material can be manipulated. The instructor will also demonstrate other approaches, including folding and riveting sheet aluminum. Class size 16 students. $25 supply fee
Basketry Techniques: Working With Gut and Natural Materials - Jill Nordfors Clark: If you are intrigued by the idea of making net-like non-traditional baskets using unusual materials, you will enjoy working with wire, threads, twigs, found objects and natural hog (sausage) casing. The wet casing is an opaque white tube that can be used as a thread, as a carrier for wire or twigs, or you can create a “casing mache” by slitting the wet tubes lengthwise, then layering small strips over a form. When dry, the stitched net or layered casing hardens in the shape of the mold and is transformed into a lustrous, translucent, parchment-like material. In the workshop we will first experiment with embedding found objects within layers of casing, then we will construct a mold over which to stitch a lace-like basket, using basic netting (needle lace) stitches, twigs and hog guts as a thread. All levels welcome. Class size 15 students. $45 supply fee
Love Me, Love Me Knot - Kate Anderson: Learn basic techniques of knotting through the process of creating a useable bud/flower vase. Slide overview of contemporary basketry will be inspiring. Information covered include thread preparation, beginning the bottom, increasing and decreasing the core, adding colors and methods to finish edges. Add textures and embellishments creatively with materials you bring such as additional threads, beads, charms, buttons, shells - anything goes! Photo is similar to what will be taught in this class All levels welcome. Class size 12 students. $30 supply fee
Creating Biomorphic Basketry Forms out of Metal Mesh - Lanny Bergner: Students will learn basic techniques associated with making basketry structures out of metal mesh. They will gain familiarity with the use of the simple hand tools needed to make metal mesh structures. Students will learn surface embellishment techniques and employ some of the demonstrated techniques to a basketry structure of their own creation. Students will make one biomorphic basketry piece related to the instructor’s demonstration and they will also make any number of experimental objects using the materials provided by the instructor. Class size 12 students. $30 supply fee
Techniques in Bamboo Construction - Charissa Brock: Bamboo, a versatile and exciting material, is the central focus of this workshop. Students will explore the different ways in which bamboo can be dissected and reconnected to create structures of their own imagining. A lecture about types of bamboo and its growth habits will inform participants about the origins of the material. Demonstrations in the preparation process, bending and basic splitting techniques will be taught. Students will create small samples based on techniques taught in the class. $50 supply fee
Small Round Wasco Sally Bag (1 Day) Wasco Sally Bag Wallet w/Color (2 days)* - Pat Courtney Gold: This Wasco Sally Bag is a Columbia River basket traditionally used for harvesting and storing food. Wasco baskets are known for their geometric designs. This class is an introduction to the full-turn twine technique. You will make a small basket learning: the Wasco start, “Z” twine, the full turn twine to create geometric designs and finish with the traditional braided rim. Class size limit is 8 students $15 supply fee This class is an introduction to weaving a flat “basket”. Once the base is started, the weaving will be full turn twine, using various colors. You will sketch and graph your own design. You will learn how to add and drop colored yarns, without losing tension. Embellishments< may be added. Class size 8 students. $15 supply fee
